On December 4, 2024, Pam Long, Scott Powell, and Trent Loos joined the show. Long exposes inadequate meals at Fort Carson where $22 million in soldier deductions funds only $5 million in dining operations, calling for immediate public action and commander accountability Powell analyzes Trump’s cabinet selections, tracing DOJ weaponization from Fast and Furious through IRS targeting, and advocates for restoring the Arlington Reconciliation.
Pam Long, director of the Children’s Health Defense Military Chapter and West Point graduate, exposes a troubling situation at Fort Carson where soldiers receive grossly inadequate meals. According to reports from Military.com, service members are being served meals as meager as toast and lima beans. Long reveals a stark funding disparity: soldiers contribute $22 million through mandatory Basic Allowance for Subsistence deductions, yet dining facilities operate on just a $5 million budget.
Long calls for immediate public action, urging citizens to contact their state representatives and county commissioners in El Paso County. She emphasizes that commanders have authority to authorize additional funding through Basic Allowance for Housing or Basic Needs Assistance, but have failed to act. Junior enlisted personnel living in barracks lack kitchen facilities and depend entirely on these dining facilities for sustenance.
“This is appalling, and we need public pressure and leadership.”
Pam Long, Director, Children’s Health Defense Military Chapter
Scott Powell, senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and author of Rediscovering America, analyzes Trump’s cabinet selections and their potential to reverse years of institutional abuse. Powell traces the pattern of DOJ weaponization from Eric Holder’s Fast and Furious operation through Lois Lerner’s IRS targeting of Tea Party organizations to the current border crisis.
Powell praises Pam Bondi as attorney general nominee and highlights Tom Homan as border czar, calling him “one of the best picks” for his rock-solid determination. The discussion turns to Pete Hegseth’s potential as Secretary of Defense, particularly regarding restoring the Reconciliation Monument at Arlington Cemetery, which Powell describes as a casualty of the Biden administration’s divisive policies.
“Sedition and treason are high crimes and misdemeanors, and that’s really what we’ve seen.”
Scott Powell, Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute
Trent Loos, sixth-generation farmer and rancher, reports from Fargo, North Dakota, on the intersection of agriculture policy and property rights. He discusses the confusion surrounding Joel Salatin’s premature announcement of a USDA advisory role under Thomas Massie, noting that Brooke Rollins has instead been tapped as agriculture secretary nominee.
Loos highlights the coordinated assault on property rights through transmission line easements, solar installations, and the United Nations 30×30 initiative. He cites a case from New South Wales, Australia, where landowners now need government permits to remove fallen logs from their own property. The conversation exposes how industrial energy projects generate electricity that never benefits local communities, instead being transmitted to distant markets with one-third energy loss.
A January 12th property rights event in Akron, Colorado, will address Washington County residents concerned about proposed transmission corridors. Loos explains that escalating property taxes create financial pressure that makes renewable energy lease payments tempting for struggling farmers, perpetuating the land grab cycle.
“And the battle is: you can do on your property what you see fit, as long as the taxpayers aren’t funding it. And as long as what you’re doing on your property doesn’t infringe on my property.”
Trent Loos, Sixth-Generation Farmer and Rancher
Episode from The Kim Monson Show
Episode from The Kim Monson Show
Former State Senator Kevin Lundberg and Kim have a discussion on SB-181 and Oil and Gas in Colorado. Rob Natelson talks about the impeachment...